West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1887-05-19
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Il man who wanted throne prCtcndcd he
was very weak and Sickly, and II no was cle-
Natcd he would soon bc gone He craNI,sl
upon ms crutcheS to the thruuc, and having
etlalned Il he was strong again. He said 1t
was vel Tor me while 1 Was looking for tho
keys OF authority that / should stoop, bat
now that L have found them, why should
ttoop any longerF and no thiOw away his
crutcheS and was well again.
How Illustrative the power or temptationl
You think lt IS a weak and crippled iuiiueu,,.
but give lt n chance, and II viii l.e "A tyrnnt
III Nour soul II VIII grand YOU TO atoms No
m1u has finally and Tor ever ovcrcunl, TENN
tauon until he has lett tho world But what
arr YOU TO do with thcSa temptationSi Ten
everybody about Them All what n silly
man you would bci As well might a go M
hhnderl IN fort send wurl 70 the enemy which
gat" of the castle is least barred as foI vou To
60 ana tell what all yOuc fraticS are, and
What your temptations are. The world will
ony scon 0t you What then must a man
doi Nhon the waves strike him with terrific
dash shall hC have nothing 10 hold on tor I'm
TINS contest with 1.-THE world, tho flesh, and
the devil ~ shall a man have no bel,, NO nm
selt
Our text intimates something different In
thos' eyes chat wcpt with tho Bethany sisters
i 500 shining hope. In that voice which
spakc until the grave broke and the widow OF
Nam had back her lost son, and the sol slept
and sorrow stupendous woke up in tbb nIIus
oil rapture-in that voice hoar the command
and tho promise: "Cast Shy burden
on tho Lord, and He will sustain thee Why
should you carry your burdens any longcrl
Oh, you weary soul, Christ been i'm this
conflict. He says: "Afy grace Shall be mdil
cent for you. You shall not bc temptel
ABOVE that YOU are able 10 boar There
Tore with all your temptations, go as these
disciples did, aud tell Jc,us
Again: | commend tho behavior Of th,
disciples TO all those who ara abused and
slandered and prosecuted When Hernd put
John TO death, the disciples know that their
own heads wcrc not safe. And do YOU know
that every John has a HcroI! 1h,ra ara
persons in life who do no wish Won very
well Your miStortunes arc houcyconls To
them Through their teeth they hiss at
you misinterprct your motives. aud would bo
Riad 20 see you upset 10 man gets through
hfe without having "A apummciling some slam
der comes after you, horned and tusl,ed and
hooted, tO gore and trample Won: and what
aro you 70 dol tell YOU plainly that all who
srNe Christ must suffer persecution II IA
The worst sign in the world for YOU 10 be ablo
q say: "G haven't an enemy i'm the world y
a woe Is pronounced in the Bible against tho
one oi whom everybody speaks we'll III Won
a g at peace with all the world, and every
b My likes you and approves your vorl, NJ I 1,
be 'ause you are an dlur i'm the Lords vine
yard auj m" not doing v'si- duty
All those who have served Christ howcy =
eminent have been maltrcatod uL some stage
of their CNDerienCc You know IL WAS so i'm
qnd invited men into the kingdom of God.
What did the learned Dr. johnson say OF
him' pronounced him a miserable mounte-
bank. How was II when Robert Hall stood
and spoke as scarcely any uninsp.r,d man
ever did speak OF the gl6ries OF Heavcnf
and be stool Sabbath after Sabbath
preaching on thcs, themes his face kin llo1
with the glory. John Foster, n Christian
man, said Of this man; Robert Hall is only
acting, and the smile on his face is "A rehcc-
ton OF his own vanity John Wesley turned
all England upside down with Christian re
form, and yet the punsters were after him.
and the meancst Jokes in England were per-
petratcd about John Wesley What Is trtIe
OF the pulpit is true Of the pew il IS true Of
the street, II is true Of the shop, aud the store
All who will live godly in Christ Jesus must
suffer persecution.
And / set IL down as tho very worst sign in
oil your Christian experience il you are, any
OF you, at pcacc with all the world Tho re-
lgon OF Christ IS war. 10 is n challenge to
"tho world, the flesh and the devilm and IL
you viii buckle on tho whole arTnor Of God,
you viii find n great host disputin2 your path
between this and heaven. But what are you
20 do when you are assaulted and slandered
and abused, as l suppose nearly all Of You
have been In your life Go out and hunt up
the slanderert Oh, no, silly man! While you
are explaining away faisehOOd i'm one place,
hity people viii just have heard Of 10 IN other
places
counsel you 10 another course. Whilo
you arc not TO omit any opportunity of set
ting yourselves right, L want % tell You this
morning OF one who had the hardest things
SAID ABOUT Him, whose sobriCty was disputed
whose mission was secuted, whose comDan-
ionship was denounced, who was pursued as
babe and spit upon as "a man who was
hOwled at after He was dead I will have
you go unto Him with your bruised soul, in
some humble, child prayer, saying: II SEQ
Thy wOundS-wounds OF head wounds OF
feet, wounds OF heart Now, look at my
fIFtfIe "A erfs fl..N - IL.
through what battles / am going: and I en-
treat Thee, by those wounds OF Thine syru-
pathiZo with me. Ard ho viii symDRthize
and lie will help. Go and toll Jesusl
Again. i commend the behavior OF the
disciples 70 all who may have been bcreavcd.
How many In garbO Of InOurningi n YOU could
stand at this point where / am standing and
look OIL upon this audience, how many signals
OF sorrow you would behold. God has His
own way OF taking apart "A family. We must
get out Of the way for coming generations.
Wo must get Oft the stage that others muy
come on aud FOR this reason there b. n long
procession reaching down all tho time into
Tho valley Of shadows.
This emigration from time into eternity Is
80 vast an enterprise, that wc cannot under
stani o. Every hour we hear the clanr of
the sepuChral gate Tho sod must bc broken.
The ground must be plougicd for rcsurroc-
ton harvest. Eternity must be peOpled.
The dust must press our cye.ids "lt IS np-
pointed unto all men once to die" This cfni-
grafton from time into eternity kccps thrco-
fuurths of the families OF the earth boo df.sDIa-
ton. The air is rent with fnreaclls. and tho
black tasselled vehicles Of death rumble
through every street
Tho body Of the child that was folded go
closely 20 the mothers hoart is put away n
tue cold aud the darkness The laughter
freezes ~ tbo girl lip, and the ross scattefv
The boy in the harvest field Of Shunam SAYS
"Ny head rny bead ~ and they carry hun
home tOdie ON the lap Of his mother Widow
hood stands with tragedies Of WOO struck into
the paIlor Of The cheek Orphaungo cries iu
vain for father and mother OH tho crave
D. cruel With teeth Of stYuc DO clutches Tor
tts prey Between the closing gates or tho
sopulchre, our hearts are mengIod and
crushed Us there any earthly splaoo
none. we come ~ tho olscuu.cs.
we s't with the griefstriCkon. wo talk u4.
thotically tOthcir soul but .oon fbe ois..,,,i s
nave pas II. the carriage, have lrft us at tIo
door, the friends who stayed for n few dnvs
ore gone. aud Che heart sits boa dosoIlffgn
listening for Che Ii,tio feet that will ueyrr
again patter through the hall, or Iookin. fr
tha entrance Of those whI win never come
again sgh.ng into the darknrss ever and
anon coming across some book or garment or
/ htJle shoe or picture, that ar0uees former as.
soeiauon, almost killing the heart
long days and nights of suffering fh1t vgear
0uJ bhe spirit, and cXpuugo the bright Ifrios ~
liic and give hoggardnees 10 tbe fsoo erf
draw the flesh tight down over the check bono.
ana draw dark lines under the .uuken evo'
ana the h1nd BE- tremui0us. and fh yo.cc I'd
husky and uncertain, and tho vrief les wear.
m& grinding, accommodating, exhausfing
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